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THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1929..
MAKING THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB ONE OF THE BEST IN THE FAR EAST
The stables, as seen from the padlock.
Ample room will be find here for race ponies.
Smiling Chinese workmen doing the concrete part on the top of the new clock..
tower.
With 80 stalls on each floor of the stable, steel doors separate each of three
scctions,
Work in construction at the ruce course in Huppy Valley. Where the scaffolding outline now is will be the clock tower, which will be 129 feet high. On the left is the completed members' stand; in left centre is the building for offices and totalisator organisation:
on right centre is the stand now being built; at extreme right is the new stable.
When com-
Part of the oval course of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, being the end of the straight and the bend at the football stands. On left of illustration is the judges' box, in alignment with which is the winning post. Work in the enclosure is shown in progress.
pleted, there will be a spacious lawn, naking the accommodation equal to 'the best in the Far East
Full view of the public stand, which is a tier of 13 steps and is divided into four
sections.
A general view taken from the top of the roof where work is being pushed for ward port haste,
The members' stand, with private "box " behind, in proximity to the paddock and
winning port,
This Is the last part of the construction, the members' stand sa seen from high up
At the other end.
Public entranon to the grand stand. Note the temporary barricada at either side
of the new rate;
"A" view, showing the new buildings in Ilve and the enclosure which will be made
„into a spacious lawn,"